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America Necessary Counterterrorism Conversations By Sarah Bast
•Lieutenant General Michael Nagata described the required policy support for prevention efforts by saying, ¡°We do not yet know all of the prescriptions, approaches, skills, capabilities, or organizational models best suited to strategically succeed non-kinetically, and it will only be through the kind of ruthless experimentation we were once willing to endure in our kinetic journey that we will learn how to be equally successful in preventing terrorism. This will ultimately determine if we are able to learn to prevent the creation of new terrorists as well as if we are able to kill or capture them today.¡±•Terrorism prevention receives 0.1 percent of the U.S. government¡¯s counterterrorism budget. As the outgoing director of the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point noted, despite a constant refrain from senior leaders, that ¡°We cannot kill our way to victory¡¦we have invested the most resources in killing and capturing terrorists all over the world, often at the expense of other non-kinetic programs.¡±4) Terrorism is not, however, an existential crisis unless we take actions that undermine our values in our response to an attack.If terrorists conduct an attack in the United States, it is not an existential crisis unless our response makes it one. In the years since 9/11, international terrorists have killed 103 people in the United States, according to a New America study. Every single loss is a tragedy. Terrorists, however, have not presented a threat to our country¡¯s existence.ConclusionAlthough terrorism is no longer at the forefront of policymaking conversations with the public, the country would benefit from continued dialogue on the topic. Terrorism remains a threat, and U.S. forces continue to be engaged globally in the fight against terrorism. If we want to prevent terrorism, we will need to shift some resources and provide more support to try different approaches—such as non-kinetic options—to get ahead of the problem. Even if terrorists manage to conduct another attack on the homeland, we need to maintain perspective; terrorism is not an existential crisis.The above writer, Sarah Bast, is a visiting fellow with the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.Commentary is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research is nonpartisan and nonproprietary. CSIS does not take specific policy positions. 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